I've been teary eyed everytime I read a new post. Thank you all for sharing your stories and thus identifing with my sadness. There are parts of our lives that we are never totally prepared for. It helps to link arms with those who have "Been There". Thank you. The doctor has decided that no further Chemo is reccommended. He feels that the COPD (empheseama) may be his ultimate demise anyway, not the lung cancer. My question is "Why didn't you consider that before you put him through Chemo for the lung cancer"??????? He also has diabetese. The steroids had his blood sugar up over 500 for weeks. I think all things needed to be considered before aggressive treatments were started. This has been a very good life lesson for me, AFTER THE FACT. I wanted to share this with you all as well. If you have multiple deseases go to specialist's for each of them before agreeing to fight a new one with chemo. EXample: Your heart doctor may tell you that statistically you have only 3 years to live. So why would you aggressively fight slow growing colon cancer?? There was an article last week on MSN News about this very thing but I do not know how to do links or transfer a link from my favorites list yet. If anybody missed the article and want it, I will try to copy down the web address for you. Susie

Kath, so sorry to hear your news. Thoughts and prayers for you and your family at this trying time. It is never easy to see a loved one suffer. May G*O*D give you the strength to cope and get through this, and peace and comfort for your Dad. We are all here for you. (((HUGS))) Candy

Glad to hear Ryan is well and will recover.. And that everything else is on check too!

If it were me faced with your goal and constraints I would order new paint grade doors for cabinet uppers in the same profile as your lowers and cut for glass. Then I'd paint all the cabinets a light warm grey with a satin finish (I wouldn't worry about the color going out of style any time soon) and use a white frosted glass in the uppers. I'd mount 5 inch brushed nickel pulls 3 1/2 to 4 inches up on the door frame. I'd have the granite honed so it has a more of a matte finish and and I'd use a 4 inch granite black splash- nothing else. I'd paint the wall below the bar with a low sheen paint in a color to match the cabinets and I'd also investigate trimming out the soffit with wood molding and painting it to match the cabinets. I would not lower the counter because I wouldn't want to see that much of the stove. I'd paint the bar stools and the kitchen chairs a shade or 2 darker gray than the cabinets. If replacing the stove is an option I choose a slide range rather than a free standing.